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It’s been a long time since I’ve added much to the site, much less refreshed the site. But it’s officially done! I’ve got some new work on the site, but by far the biggest edition is the new motion design reel. I was fortunate enough to get permission from Tiny …
November 16, 2015
Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking at a breakout session for the MCA-I Madison Spring seminar. The topic was tapeless post-production workflow (specifically for FCP, but we did briefly discuss Avid & Premiere Pro). I promised everyone there I would post links to resources and some of …
May 13, 2011
BG Renderer has officially hit version 2! I use this script daily, and this update is a must have. This time it comes in a basic and pro version. The basic version is very similar to version 1. However, the pro version has several feature improvements. These are …
January 11, 2011
I've run into this problem a lot. Here's the setup: I'll pull selects in Final Cut Pro, reveal the clip in the Finder and import it into After Effects to work with. When I go back to Final Cut Pro, the clip will be offline for a brief …
April 15, 2010
I was going to write up a post on the recent ACE pre-announcement—which is apprently all the rage lately—that they are giving their first ever technical award to Avid Media Composer. This award is also meant to be a snub against Apple, whom ACE feels is not listening …
July 3, 2009
Apologies to Patrick Henry. One of the rumors floating around concerning Final Cut Pro 7 (and QuickTime in Snow Leopard) is that it will support native h.264 editing (via Philip Bloom). Depending on your point of view you may have read that and thought “F-ing awesome! About time!” …
May 27, 2009
The Widescreen filter in Final Cut Pro can be anoying for two reasons: you have to apply it to each clip and it leaves transparent bars instead of a true matte. I've been using the method described here for quite some time now. Me being me, I assumed …
April 30, 2009
Last night, both Boxee and Hulu announced on their blogs that content providers wanted Hulu pulled from Boxee. From Hulu's blog: Our content providers requested that we turn off access to our content via the Boxee product, and we are respecting their wishes. While we stubbornly believe in …
February 19, 2009
In an announcement on the Reduser forum this morning, Jim Jannard of Red Digital Cinema has stated they are no longer working overtime to push the release of Scarlet and EPIC. These cameras are still in the pipeline, they have just moved to a more typical development schedule. …
February 18, 2009
Philips just announced a 21:9 display promising to "[let] you enjoy movies as you would in the cinema and just as the director intended." This seems interesting, but none of the math works out here. According to their press release: Cinema 21:9 boasts a 56” screen that is …
January 20, 2009

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